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Book Description
On the day that Jacob, an Anglo-Dutch trader and adventurer, agrees to accept a slave in lieu of payment of a debt from a plantation owner, little Florens' life changes. With her intelligence and passion for wearing the cast-off shoes of her mistress Florens has never blended into the background andContinue
Critics
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guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010
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Return of the visionary
In her essay 'Playing in the Dark', Toni Morrison looked back to the founding of America and observed: 'What was distinctive in the New World was, first of all, its claim to freedom, and second, the presence of the unfree within the heart of the demo ... (read full critics)
guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010
2 Reviews
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Maybe it's the bitter taste Beloved left me with; Maybe it's that she comes off as the poor woman's Maya Angelou; Maybe it's just that no matter how many how much I want to like her writing, I just can't.
The first four chapters were confusing as hell and the remaining ones were disorienting. The ... (continue)
Clementine said on May 20, 2011 about the Others edition | Add your feedback
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we are so lucky not to have lived in those times...
A story about a man and his women, slaves and a mistress, and the hard, hard world and times they lived in -17th century US farm country. The voice changes regularly which can be a little disconcerting but the use of language is beautiful. A short beautiful read. Not as disturbing as "beloved" but m ... (continue)
Gail Paris said on Mar 24, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback
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How Sorrow became Complete
When Florens, the central figure of Toni Morrison's new novel, asks on the first page "Can you read?", she is not inquiring about any simple kind of literacy. She means, can you read the nature of the world? Do you understand omens? Ordinary notions ... (read full critics)